Dad's tantrum trick is rather 'salty' and completely ridiculous... but it works

There is a long list of debates over what way a parent should discipline their child when they engage in tantrums. 

And to be honest, we never thought we would see the day someone had a foolproof answer. 

From the bold corner, to time-out, to a grounding – they've all been tried and tested, but tantrums still occur. 

However, today we learn that a dad on Reddit's parenting forum has found the number one way to discipline your tantrum-throwing youngster. 

Dad explained: "So to make sense of this… When you're cooking a soup or a stew you add a potato to it if it's too salty because it will absorb extra salt."

Makes sense right? So when his three-year-old toddler began being all sassy, complaining about lunch, the TV and anything in his general area, Dad accused the youngster of being 'salty'. 

And you can guess it didn't take Dad's sarcasm long to kick-in. 

"I found the biggest potato we had and told him that he needs to hold onto this until he changes his attitude. He's too salty and when he's calm and ready to say nice things he can put down the potato and join us again."

YIURE GOING TO HOLD THIS POTATO UNTIL YOU CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE!! from Parenting

But the most astonishing part, is that the trick actually worked! 

"He thought it was so silly and his mood changed. At first he was confused and wanted to put it down, but I told him that he will absolutely under no circumstances out the potato down until he's in a better mood to compose himself."

Dad's parenting tip is to make stuff up as you go along – sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.